Improvement in air-heating steam-condensers



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`Pnfrnn J. nien; or ASHTABULA,

Ve, PETER .I.` Bion, of Ashtabnl in the county of Ashtabula andState of Ohio, and DAVIDA. SCOTT, of lCincinnati, in the ,county ot' Hamilton and. State aforesaid, have invented certain Improvements in Air- Heaters, Steam-Gondensers', and Preci pitators, of which the following is aspecitication. i

` Nature angl-Object of vthe' Invention. The nat'ureof this invention relates to air-heaters and conclensers,A and precipitators, constructed and arf ranged with each other, so as to be used for either, an y, or allof these purposes, as desired. i This invention consists of aheater' and condenser, .composed Ofstcam-passages,surrounded, by air-passages,through which `a current ot' airis forced, to ab sorb theheat from escape steam, and apartments in the vcondenser to introduce wa-ter, tol aid in the condensation of steam, and` for heating the water thus introduced.

i The condenser and'heater, combined with the precipitatoi', are so arranged that the escape steam may be deprived of all oriinyportion of its heat, which may `be utilized in the artificial currentoi air driven-through the air-passages, and entirely used for heating or drying apartments, or 'a port-ion `of it may be retained-in the steam condensed, and utilizediu the feed-water, or the steam maybe condensed and theheat utilized in distilling feed-water only, the combined device being adapted for use, either as an air-heater,fcondenser, or Vprccipitator, any two or all of th'ese, as may be desired.

. Description-.of the Aceonqmnyiug Drawing. Figure I is a perspectivesectional View of' the machine, embodying our invention. Figure- II is ahorizontal section of fig. I, divided on f 'i theaxial line ofthe fan, showing the airand steampassages.

. Figure III is a vertical cross-section of iig. I A through c. .i

General Description. A is the air-heater kand condenser, the case of which should be made oi' wood, so asto resist the escape of air. y

B is the precipitatoi, the frame of which should be substantially constructed of wood,.andthe bottom of galvanized iron, or s oine other suitable material.

YO is the fan-case, which may be made oi?A wood or metal, in one piece, with the case of the air-heaterand condenser A, lor may be'niade separate, and attached by proper appliances. f

ais a steanrpi-pe connecting with the engiue,-through which steamiis-received into the precipitator.

AND DAVID A.,S-GOTT, or

`through the openings jj CINCINATI, y onio.

LettersV Paten-t No. 106,206,` lated August 9, 1870.

VIMPJRQVEMENT VIn AIR-HEATING srnamconnnnsnns The Schedule referred tuin these Letters Patent and making part of the tame.

fc is a division in the precipitator B, which is made tight by .packing or otherwise -at thetop, where it cornes in contact with thc bottom ,of the aire'heatcr and condenser A, and has two openings, c' c', at theA bottom, to allow of the escape of the Water into division d.

al is an apartment ofthe precipitator B, into which the steam, and, when necessary or desired, cold water are received, and 4in which the wateris heated by its contact with the steam.

d1 is another apartment of" the preciptator B, into which the water is received from-'(1, after having been acted upon by the steam, and the bottom of this apart carry all sediment toward theopeningf. e is`another division ot' theprecipitator B, made wa# ter-tight at the bottom, with an opening across the top, between it and the bottom of theair-he'ater and condenser A, to allow the water entering d1 from d to ilow over into d, andshould be high enough to admit of a deposit o'f 'thesediment from the water to settle in cZ. d2 is a receiver of the precipitatoi' B, for the reception' 0f the distilled water from d and the condensed steam from -the condenserA, as well as any steam which may not have become condensed, while passing through the condenser. This receiver may be AmadeA shallow, with euXion-ppes, tol carry ofi' the water and steam, as received, or may he any depth and size desired.

e' is an eiluxion-pipe, for the discharge of the distill'ed water and condensed steam. .Y

f isan eseapepipe, for the discharge of any steam that may have passed should be heal-.the upper edge of the precipitatorframe,`bnt need not be located asshown in drawing. 'f' is an opening,`to he used inremoving the sediment from di, so arranged as to be close fitting, when not'required to be open.

g gare air-passages, surrounding the steam-passages h h, through which an artificial current of air is forced at any desired speed `toward and through the outlet 1', and, having been heated in its passage, may be utilized in the warming or drying of apartments.

h h arcsteam-iiues, surrounded bythe air-passages g g, into which steam is received from al, 'through the openings. h h', which connect these steam-dues with the apartment el of the precipitator B.

The steam is carried through these dues until it hecomcs condensed," when vit discharges itself in water into the receiver dz.-

These alternate steam and air-passages maybe made of galvanized iron, or any other suitable conductorof heat; They should be 'perfectly air and steam-tight,

heater andcondenser.

`b isa water-pipe, for thereception of cold water, as desired. y i

7s is a fan, for'forcing' air through the ainpassages ment `has a downward inclination from c to e, so as to i through the condenser, and

and extend the entire height and length" of the air- I yg, and it receives the nir to he so forced through proper openings surrounding its axle.'

`jj are openings in the steam-fines, for the escape of the condensed steam, or any steam which may remain nncondensed, into the receiver (L2.

h Il. are openings, through which the steam enters the'stenm-ues h h vfrom d.

l is :t safety-valve, for the introduction of nir, when the steam is slant off. The onse of the nir-heater and condenser A :rnd the case of the precipitator B may he made in one, or they 'may be separate and fastened together by any propel' appliances, so ns to prevent the escape of water or steam.

Claims.

We claim as our inventionl. The preeipitntor B, withthe compartiments d d d", combined with the condenser and radiator A, composed oi' lines h It and apertures h' nndj, air-passages g, and fen K, substantially :rs herein set forth.

2. 'lhe condenser A, with the fines h h, apertures 'h' and j, and air-passages g, combined with the precipitator B, divided into the compartments d tl' d', all constructed and arranged substantially as herein set 

